Hi, I live in chennai,India, would like to spend life on meditation for several months to a year. I searching such a place in india, i prefer south india to meditate with cheap cost or donation based. Can you suggest me places where it is possible (monasteries if possible) ? and Whom to contact in any monastery regarding this ?

GarudhaIn my opinion it is next to impossible to do this anymore. There were some hippies who did it, but these days India is twice as crowded and less accommodating. Then again, India is a big place, and one should beware of making blanket statements.